Word Origin & History

weed "plant not valued for use or beauty," O.E. weod, uueod "grass, herb, weed," from P.Gmc. *weud- (cf. O.S. wiod, E.Fris. wiud), of unknown origin. Meaning "tobacco" is from 1606; that of "marijuana" is from 1920s. The verb meaning "to clear the ground of weeds" is late O.E. weodian.

Example Sentences for weeded

When they got too thick, they were weeded out; and when one sort died, it was renewed in exactly the same place year after year.

But for this, the best soils are weeded, and plenty of manure used.

When crops are in drills they can be efficiently thinned, weeded and hoed—in other words, they can be cultivated.

She weeded the row across from Mr. Alder, where he could see what she was doing.

Miles of fruit trees, as carefully pruned and weeded and as orderly in every detail as a garden, are on every side of us.

From the start it cried for strong men; it weeded out its weaklings.

She had moments of abstraction, too, and during one of them weeded out an entire row of spring onions, according to Hannah.

I believe the salaried polisher has weeded them all out but one.

Den you kin brung along dem leetle plants what is weeded out of his garden and keep em down cellar fer to-night.